Train Of Souls

When watching "classic" episodes of Soul Train, I find myself wondering how many of those teenage dancers are now dead, and also how they died.

As the camera pans across the studio, I pick them out.

Dead, drug overdose.

Dead, suicide.

Dead, thrown down the stairs by her boyfriend.

And so forth.


Then I wonder about the ones who are still alive.

Do they bore everyone with stories about being a former Soul Train dancer, or do they intentionally try to keep it from ever coming up in conversation?